The $100 MBA Show MBA2135 Q&A Wednesday: When do I hire my first executive assistant?
If you’re running a business by yourself, the question isn’t if you should hire an EA or VA (Executive Assistant/Virtual Assistant).
The question is when.
And wouldn’t you know it, one of our listeners asked exactly that. It’s Q&A Wednesday, and we’ve got a solopreneur who knows an EA will be a good idea at some point. But how soon is too soon? How can you know when it’s the right time?
In other words, at what point does an EA become an investment, rather than just an expense?
In this episode, we’ll discuss why and how an EA can empower you to make more money, by freeing you up to focus on higher-priority revenue-generating tasks. We lay out a step-by-step system you can use to determine if the time is now, or if your EA is still a while down the road.
Bonus — we also get into where to look for a great EA, so you can hire one that’s (almost) as good as ours. Click Play!
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